1. Alae  literally, ‘wings’ here = wings of a house.  Imagines were kept there in niches.

2. Arca     locked box or safe which was kept in the father’s study

3. Atrium   entry hall/reception area of a Roman house; impluvium/compluvium located there,   perhaps a lectus (couch) would be there             atrium

4. Compluvium     opening in the ceiling for sun and rainwater to enter

5. Cubiculum      bedroom of a house.  The lectus was used as a bed.  cubicle

6. Culina          Roman kitchen                culinary

7. Ianua          door    January, janitor

8. Imagines       wax masks of ancestors, kept in the alae and taken out for funerals. 

                  They would be worn by actors who impersonated the dead ancestors.

9. Impluvium      basin located in atrium to catch rainwater from compluvium

10. Lararium      household shrine for worshipping Lares and Penates (household gods)

11. Latrina       Roman bathroom            latrine

12. Lectus        furniture used as a couch, a bed and for reclining at dinner

13. Pecunia       money, from the word ‘pecus’ meaning cattle (=of early money was cattle)

14. Peristylium    colonnaded open courtyard; often there was a ‘hortus,’or garden located there

15. Piscina        fish pond located in the peristylium   pisces

16. Taberna      shops located in the bottom level of an insula-sometimes shares wall with a house

17. Tablinum      father’s study; wax tablets (tabulae) and arca were kept there

18. Triclinium     dining room> tri=3 (couches) klino= to recline = 3 couches on which Romans reclined while eating    

19. Vestibulum    entry passage into the atrium from the ianua.  usually decorated

20. ancilla        female house slave, similar to a maid

21. cliens         the dependent client

22. liberi         Latin word for ‘children’

23. mater        Latin for ‘mother’         maternity, maternal

24. pater        Latin for ‘father’           paternity, paternal

25. servus       Latin for ‘slave’ (masculine)  servitude, servant

26. gustatio      the appetizer course, consisting usually of (shell)fish, uncooked vegetables, eggs, lettuce and mulsum (honeyed wine)

27. ientaculum   breakfast  consisting usually of cheese/raisins/olives and bread dipped in wine (mulsum)

28. prandium     lunch consisting usually of cold foods such as bread, salad, olives, cheese, fruits, nuts and cold meats from a previous dinner (cena)

29. cena        the most common occasion of social entertainment in ancient Rome; consists of fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, wine in moderation

30. vinum        wine          vine, vinyard

31. secunda mensa     dessert, so called because slaves would bring in a ‘second table’; usually consisted of pastry, sweets, nuts, fruits, much wine

32. coquo, coquere     Latin verb meaning ‘to cook’   (terra cotta -cooked  earth)

33. dormio, dormire   Latin verb meaning ‘to sleep’    dormitory, dormant

34. edo, edere        Latin verb meaning ‘to eat’     edible

35. ludo, ludere       Latin verb meaning ‘to play’                         

36. saluto, salutare    Latin verb meaning ‘to greet’      salute, salutory

37. scribo, scribere    Latin verb meaning ‘to write’      scribe, scribble